Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-08-30
ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE AND VIRGINIA ADVERTISER

he cOuld 10 no way Whatever nave dHOluet
election by the same legislature except
through an extra session OF that body calico
he Governor Lee. The Scnatorship would
not be vacant until the 4th OF March, 'S9,
when RiCdleberger goes out. NO leglsa'
ture would then be in session and the sur
render OF the Senatorship by Mehone's reslg-
ration could mean the giving OF another
chance to the democrats in the election OF
new legislature the ensuing Noven9e H.
Meanwhile. ga / have said, General Lee
would appoint democrat to the vacancy.
Another Virginia republican, who was ASK
ed his opinion as to Mshones bid for uai'
ted republican party 10 Virginia, SAID tna'
il wa. rather too transparent, he thou2ht,
TO have emanated from Malone. Said he:
Gwen II we admit that the result OF G re
pub,ican legislature would be Vice Presl
dency. Cabinet office and L. S. Senatorshlp,
vet the fact remains that with Alahone as
State chairman, exercising his prerogative
Of naming his State committee, county
chairmen and committeeman, candidates
for legislature, &C., be would choose what
office he preferred. fill the rest with his own
henchmen and continue boss under q ne"
republican Administrations, just "a he was
with Arthur. No! There is but one solu-
ton of the republican difficulty in Virginia.
Malone must abdicate his one-man power
and allow every city and county to select
its own party cnairmen and committeeman
and candidates for Office. This, however,
ne will never do, and therefore, Look Tor
no harmony in our party IN Virginia ano,
therefore, no success unless the Almighty
should interfere, and if He docs L don't
think many Virginia republicans would
wear Grape But" said he, IF Malone
should succeed in electing his legislature
this fall it will not only be death aud de-
struction 10 the republicans IN the State
who oppose him, but it will result in reor.
garization of the republican party to which
Malone will admit in full fellowship the
dissatisfied democrats who will nave aided
him this wear, and with his new allies and
lieutenants he will control the State for
wears to come. He will not ouly elect the
next Governor but the legislature of 1889,
| redistrict the State 10 suit himself and be all
powerful with the national administration"
| Malone really wants democratic recruits
| from the least intelligent portion of the
democratic party-men who will not OPP
pose him, hut Will be content to hold minor
county and State Offices, but strong enough
to at least divide the white population pc
| li,ically. His instructions already IN GER
| tain counties to his county chalrmen, are
not to allow any candidates for the legisla-
ture from the more intelligent class of re-
publcaus, but TO give preference rather to
democrats who will agree to follow him here
after. Attention of leading democrat in
this district having been arrested By the
| GAzETTE's publication OF yesterday, he e1-
pressed himself as having no round about
notions on the subject. Said he: II wish
simply to say that if Malone can carry the
next legislature and elect himself the sue
! cessor of Riddleberger, under all the ad-
verse conditions which environ him and his
| followers. then all things are possible to fall
under Mahone's control. lie may be Vice
| President, and President, too, if he so wills
| it. Ii he carries your State this year he viii
surely carry it next year III the Presidential
contest, and that contest will be lost TO the
democrats if Virginia should go back on
the party in November next. You elect a
Governor and Legislature In the ta!i sue
cseding the spriu& when the next PRESIDENT
takes his seat, nnd woe tn the Virginia dem
ocrats il that President should ba Tepub
ican cleo cd by the detection Of Virginia
democracy. Lees successor in that case
| would be q republican, and Virginia
| be under the control of Mahone for term
of years not much shorter than the average
duration OF human life. May the Lord
in that emergency temper the wind TO the
shorn lambs OF the Old Dominion"
| d. B. Goode, Superintendent of the Ma
tional Museum and notwithstanding OF
| the Smithsonian Institute, was to. day ap.
pointed chief of the Fish Commission. So
icitor McCue was only appointed so as to
comply with the law requiring the vacancy
to be filed within ten days.
The East Indian Prince, now here, re-
manned in his quarters at Wormley's to day
expecting calls from the members of tho
British legation and from other distinguished
people. but up to / o'clock no such calls had
| been made.
Representative O'Ferrall, of Virginia, was
! at the Capitol to-day. He says that Sena-
tor Riddleberger has following in both
Page and Shenandoah counties, in his dis
trict, which nothing can take away from
him, and that if he exerts his Influence, as
he asserts he will do, against Malone it will
be effective, at least, in those counties. He
says good will result to the democratic
cause this fall from the fact that the contest
in many of the counties for the nominations
between the Mahoneites and the nti.Ma-
honeites will be bound to leave heart burn
ings that will not be allayed by election
day Mr. O'Ferrall says Mahone's Con-
gressional record is moro vulnerable
than that of any Virginian ever in
Congress-, He says the General voted
against the amendment offered to the
dependent pension bill to impose tax on
incomes to meet its requirements against
the amendment to the same bill to put Mex
lean soldiers and their widows upon the
pension roll for the pension bill for
the dependent pension bill; against
the amendment to the pneumonia
bill making a liberal appropriation to aid in
stamping out this disease among cattle. He
voted to perpetuate land grants to railroads.
He voted to continue the Northern Pacific
railroad exemption from taxation. He voted
to permit members CT Congress TO act as at.
torneys and employees OF railroads in cases 10
which the United States may be interested.
He voted against the conference report OF
the two houses on the interstate commerce
.